August 27, (THEWILL) – Nigeria has received another batch of 592,880 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from the United Kingdom, donated as part of the UK’s pledge to share 80 million Vaccine doses to the COVAX facility.
This brings the total doses donated by the UK government to 1,292,640 in August alone.
Making the disclosure, the UK High Commission in Nigeria, in a Press Statement, said, Nigeria this Friday received another batch of 592,880 doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine donated by the UK via the COVAX Facility.
The statement read: “Today, Nigeria received another 592,880 doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine donated to Nigeria by the UK via the COVAX Facility.
“This brings the total number of COVID-19 vaccine doses donated to Nigeria from the UK through COVAX to 1,292,640 doses in August alone.
“These vaccines delivered to Nigeria are part of over five million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine that the UK has donated through COVAX, the scheme designed to ensure equitable, global access to COVID-19 vaccines.
“This latest batch is part of the 9 million COVID-19 vaccines the UK has donated around the world since the end of July 2021.
“These UK-donated doses are part of a broader pledge to share 100 million vaccines with the rest of the world by June 2022. 80% of these doses will be shared through the COVAX Facility, with 30 million due to be sent by the end of 2021. The UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, made this pledge at the UK-hosted G7 Leaders’ Summit earlier this year.”
